Talon Regent, lawyer and founder of Regent Law, has announced he will be seeking the federal nomination with the New Democrat Party for the Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan riding.
The riding is currently represented by Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski. Regent, in his first bid for a federal seat, is confident that he will be an adequate contender, despite his youth.
“I find that it's going to be an advantage where I am young and I'm energetic,” said Regent. “I'm looking to challenge [Lukiwski] on some of his more traditional styles of thinking that we now know aren't factually and scientifically correct.”
“I'm an ambitious guy, I make no illusions of the fact that I am interested in being within the NDP cabinet. I'm interested in holding up a position where I can make a real difference and because I have that ambition, I'm confident that I'll be able to achieve that role,” he added later.
The centre of Regent’s campaign focuses on environmental and economic issues, and he will be largely campaigning on rural investment, as this particular riding has a majority of rural communities.
“I mentioned looking to put funding towards decentralizing our renewable solar grid, and doing that will assist in reducing power outages, reducing emissions and improving rural economies by providing work to those areas and by providing infrastructure,” said Regent. “Improving our rural populations by bringing them work and bringing them infrastructure; that is going to benefit Canada as a whole, especially with the unaffordability of some of our major centres.”
He also cited concerns with Liberal and Conservative policies; climate change, the implementation of renewable energy resources, and the protection of small businesses in policy, to name a few.
Regent feels confident that his campaign, his ethics, and his background as a small business owner and community figure will be enough to change the Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan riding from its Conservative history.
“I wouldn't be running if I didn't think it was possible and, in order to do that, it's just a matter of opening people's eyes to the misconceptions that they often hold,” said Regent.
“[People] should vote for me over the Liberal candidates because as far as I know, the Liberal candidate doesn't exist and when they do, I will be reminding people about their unethical behavior,” said Regent. “I will be reminding people of their failure to uphold their last campaign promises.”
The candidacy is currently uncontested, and the nomination contest will be held on Apr. 13.
Talon’s campaign can be followed through social media.
